Displacement: The common denominator in floods, droughts, fires and war

Friday, 11 March 2022 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Jacques and Jennifer talk about the massive displacement of people due to global heating and international conflict, and how this is set to accelerate if we don’t take preventive action.

Starting with the floods in Queensland and NSW and moving 15,000 K North West to Ukraine and the Russian invasion, yet another two examples and instances of the millions of people displaced by the growing number of 'natural' and other human-induced disasters ... In so many ways, 'displacement' as a feature of the Anthropocene... and we're all watching it on our screens... fiddling while we're burning and flooding ourselves...

Ref:

Three ways the US and the west helped create this crisis - Jose Ramos

Read Jennifer's article in the New Community Journal: copy the url into your browser

https://www.nc.org.au/_files/ugd/747fbf_ea38c7c1cbd24cfd90417df987d30b72... or go to www.nc.org.au and scroll to: Read

Think Again

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am

Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.